There are more than 3,000 “Nikkei-jin”, offspring of Japanese who were in the Philippines before or during World War II. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japa Valley Tokyo is the brainchild of creative heavyweights Pharrell Williams and Nigo, in collaboration with Japanese hospitality group Not A Hotel. If that name rings a bell, it’s the same team ...